Friday, 21 September 2012

Leisure Painter magazine has articles by both David and myself this month. David's article interprets a scene in Yorkshire painted by Turner two centuries ago and my article reflects on autumn colour in pastel. There is also a bonus feature by me at Painters Online, (scroll to the bottom of the page) the online branch of the magazine, on the subject of Rapid Sketching which shows a number of sketches from my journey through Vietnam and Cambodia. A good way to improve your sketching is to restrict yourself to 5 or 10 minute sketches. This forces you to concentrate on the most important features and to leave out unimportant details. It also improves your hand to eye co-ordination. As an exercise try sketching without looking at the drawing, keeping your eye on the subject and use quick fluid lines. It may not work first time but it can be quite liberating and often surprisingly good images emerge.

Sketch of the Mekong River, Vietnam

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Farm in Mid Wales

David and I are taking part in an exhibition in Mid Wales next month (October 2012)
entitled Our Fragile Heritage at the Crossroads, to highlight the threats to our precious wild landscapes. The whole of Mid Wales, from the
English border to the Celtic Sea, from Snowdonia to the Brecon Beacons
is under unprecedented pressure from industrialisation.
David and Jenny will be exhibiting landscape paintings to highlight
the threats to these endangered landscapes. They will be joined by other
artists and local campaign groups working to protect their environment. Jenny will be demonstrating Pastel Techniques and David will be giving an illustrated talk on 9th October click here for details.